Chapter 6: Snow Falls

0 – 0 - Sometime in the Past in Sunnydale – 0 – 0

Faith strained at the handcuffs that connected her to Buffy. They finally snap and they roll away from each other. Faith grabbed a makeshift weapon, and Buffy drew Faith's knife.

"That's mine." Faith said eyeing the knife the Mayor had given her.

"You're about to get it back." Buffy said.

As they fight, they move across the roof outside Faith's apartment, they eventually reach a ledge overlooking the street below. Faith had her hand on Buffy's wrist, holding the knife at bay, with her other hand at Buffy's throat. Buffy glanced at the over the edge of the ledge as she realized she was perilously close to falling off the three-story drop.

"Man, I'm gonna miss this..." Faith said as she edged Buffy closer to the edge.

Buffy whipped her hand free and buried the knife in Faith's stomach, to the hilt. Faith stared at Buffy wide-eyed, a tiny stream of blood burbling from her mouth. Buffy wrenched the blade free.

With one hand Faith clutched her stomach, with the other she uppercuts Buffy knocking her halfway across the roof. Buffy landed hard on her back.

"You did it..." Faith said with both confusion and pride in her voice as she looked at her prone counterpart. "You killed me."

Buffy struggled to get up, but she was painfully winded.

Faith looked down and saw a stakebed truck coming down the street below. She looked back to Buffy. "Still won't help your boy, though."

Buffy realized what Faith was about to do.

"You shoulda been there, Buff. Quite a ride." Faith said as she fell off the side of the building and landed in the back of the stakebed truck.

0 – 0 – In the Present in Storybrooke – 0 – 0

Regina woke with a start, "She is my darling Faith. And her own sister stabbed her. But why?"

Next door Henry was telling Buffy, Faith and Dawn about the curse. "The Evil Queen cursed everyone from the Enchanted Forest and sent them here."

"And they remember nothing?" Buffy asked.

"Nothing, it's part of the curse." Henry explained.

"And where do we come in?" Dawn asked.

Henry smiled, "You three are Snow White's sisters. Well actually half-sisters, you three and Snow White have the same father but different mothers."

"You called me Aunt Dawn." Dawn said.

Henry nodded, "Well actually you would be my great aunt since Snow White is my grandmother."

"So, the Mayor is Snow White's daughter?" Faith asked.

"No. Emma is Snow White's daughter, your niece." Henry said.

"And who's our mom?" Dawn asked.

"You don't remember your mom?" Henry asked confused.

"No," Buffy said. "We're remembering bits and pieces and even having dreams of events we weren't there to witness. But some of it the faces are hidden, like our birth mom."

Henry nodded. "I think you should find that out yourself," he said. "I mean no disrespect of course. But if the three of you knew who your mom was it might color your opinions on breaking the curse."

After Henry left; Buffy, Faith and Dawn sat talking over what they had learned.

"Either the kid is delusional or what he says is true." Faith says.

Dawn nodded, "We know he has been seeing a psychiatrist. So, we should for now take what he says with a grain of salt."

"That said," Buffy added. "We know some of it might be true because of the DNA tests that Giles did showed that all three of us are indeed related, that we had the same mom. Which means we still need to learn more. Dawn, I want you to see if you can get a job at the school being his teacher's assistant. Faith and I will have a look around town some more."

Out on the street somewhere in town Mary Margaret was talking to Emma who had been sleeping in her car, "Well, guess if true love was easy, we'd all have it. You know, if things get cramped, I do have a spare room."

"Thanks. I'm not really the roommate type. It's just not my thing. I do better on my own." Emma said.

"Well, good luck with Henry." Mary Margaret said.

Emma nodded, "Yeah…" she said as Mary Margaret turned and walked down the street.

"Hi." Dawn said as she came up to Mary Margaret.

"Hi." Mary Margaret said. "What can I do for you? Sorry I don't remember your name."

Dawn smiled, "It's Dawn Summers. I was just wondering if it would be possible to do some volunteer work in your class."

Mary Margaret nodded, "I think so. How about you come to school with me and we'll set it up."

Later at the hospital, the kids from Mary Margaret's class were running around. Dawn was with them having got approval from school administration to volunteer in Mary Margaret's class.

Mary Margaret noticed Henry in the room with John Doe. Henry was about to touch John Doe's face when Mary Margaret walked in. "Henry. We could really use your help with the decorations."

"Is Mr. Doe going to be okay, Miss Blanchard?" Henry asked.

"His name's not John Doe, honey. That's just what they call people when they don't know who they are." Mary Margaret said as Dawn walked into the room.

"Do you know who he is?" Henry asked.

Mary Margaret shook her head, "Nope. Just bring him flowers on my rounds."

"What's wrong with him?" Dawn wondered.

"I don't know. He's been like this as long as I've been volunteering." Mary Margaret said.

"How sad," Dawn said with a sigh.

"Does he have any family or friends?" Henry asked.

Mary Margaret shrugged; she had no clue. "No one's claimed him."

"So, he's all alone." Henry said.

Mary Margaret looked to Dawn and she nodded in agreement with what Dawn had said, "Yeah… It's quite sad."

"You sure you don't know him?" Henry asked.

"Course I'm sure. Come on. You shouldn't be in here." Mary Margaret said as she left to check on the rest of the class.

"You know him?" Dawn asked.

"I think he's Prince Charming, Snow White's husband." Henry said.

"Why were you asking if Mary Margaret knew him?" Dawn asked.

Henry smiled, "Because I believe she is your sister, Aunt Dawn. She is Snow White."

Dawn looked to Mary Margaret for a long time after that. Was Henry correct; was Mary Margaret in reality her half-sister, Snow White?

That afternoon Emma and Henry were at a playground where Henry's 'castle' was located.

"I found your father – Prince Charming." Henry said.

"Henry…" Emma said with a sigh.

Henry smiled, "He's in the hospital, in a coma. See the scar? He has one, too."

Emma shrugged, "So? Lots of people have scars."

"In the same place? Don't you see what this means? The curse is keeping them apart with the coma. Now they're stuck without each other. We have to tell Miss Blanchard we found her Prince Charming." Henry explained.

"Okay, kid. Telling someone their soulmate is in a coma is probably not helpful. Not having a happy ending is painful enough, but giving someone unrealistic hope is far worse." Emma said.

"But what if I'm right?" Henry asked. "We know who they are. Now they have to know."

"And how do you intend to make that happen?" Emma countered.

Henry smiled, "By reminding him. We have to get her to read their story to John Doe. Then, maybe, he'll remember who he is."

"Okay." Emma said.

"Okay?" Henry echoed.

Emma nodded, "Yeah, we'll do it. But we'll do it my way. Let me ask her."

"Can we make a stop first?" Henry said. "I want to introduce you to someone."

Thirty minutes later Emma pulled up outside the Summers/Lehane mansion. "Who lives here?" she asked.

Henry smiled, "Your aunts," he said. He got out of the car and ran up to the door and knocked.

"Hello Henry," Buffy said as she opened the door. She saw Emma walk up next to Henry. "Emma, it's a pleasure to see you again."

"Hi, Aunt Elizabeth." Henry said.

Buffy sighed, "We've been over this Henry. Till we see proof I'm not Snow White's sister Elizabeth. And neither is Faith or Dawn."

Emma looked at Henry confused, "I thought you said everyone in town was under the curse."

Buffy looked to Emma, "Like yourself Emma; myself, my sister and Faith are from outside of town. We're not from Storybrooke. So, we're not under the curse. If there is one that is."

"Is Aunt Dawn home?" Henry asked.

Buffy nodded, "Yes." She turned and yelled back inside, "Dawn! Henry is here and he wants to see you."

A moment later Dawn joined Buffy at the door, "Hello Henry. Emma."

"Emma's going to talk to Ms. Blanchard." Henry said.

Emma sighed, "About her being Snow White and the John Doe being Prince Charming."

Dawn nodded, "You'll let me know what you find out."

"How about we all meet at the diner tomorrow," Henry said.

Emma and Dawn looked at each other and then let out a sigh and nodded in agreement.